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Children’s Future Food Inquiry
Lindsay GrahamDr Rys FarthingDr Jo Pike
Under the leadership of: In partnership with: Coordinated by:
Inquiry Committee members (drawn from expert organisations,
Children’s Commissioners,
supporting parliamentarians and
Youth Panel)
Chair and Deputy Chair:Sharon Hodgson MP
Dr Philippa Whitford MP
Supporting parliamentarians Youth Panel
Supporting organisations who
work with children and conduct research
Delivery group led by Food Foundation with
Lindsay Graham, Dr Rys Farthing and Dr Jo Pike
1. GOVERNANCE
2. SIX EVIDENCE INGREDIENTS
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Rapid review: National Institute of Health Research
Policy review: Food Foundation with Nourish ScotlandPolicy briefing: Affordability of a healthy diet for children
Consultation and engagement with children & young people: Fixers, focus group discussions, workshops and projects 13 regions. Listening event
IPSOS-Mori poll
Evidence submissions through online portal – Leeds Beckett University.
Evidence Hearings – four nations
3. COVERAGE & IMPACT
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Excellent communications & stakeholder engagement strategyNewsletter
Written report, 6 recommendations. Tailored outputs for 4 nations. Digital outputs
Launch events in four nationsMedia and advocacy plan
Cohort of children and young people media trained and better informed on the issue to advocate
Identifying potential new avenues of research and innovation; exploring the idea of an International event of Child food security
4. TIMELINE
2018 MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2019 JAN FEB MAR APR
Policy review
Portal open Evidence hearings
Final reportPolicy briefing Literature review
Consultation with children & young people
Newsletter
Committee+YP
Online Evidence Submission
Dr. Jo Pike, Senior Lecturer Carnegie School of Education
0113 812 3025
Aims of the online submission
• Provide more reliable estimate the
prevalence of child food insecurity
• Provide detailed information on what child
food insecurity looks like
• Identify formal and informal sources of
support for children and young people
• Need a combination of closed and open
questions
• Need evidence from children and
adult stakeholders
Online portal requirements
Single landing page with unique URL
Landing page -
Background to project
Ethics and consent
Links to partners
Children’s page
Explain background to project in child friendly language
Explain consent
Space to submit evidence
Adult stakeholders
As above but different language and visual feel
Pros and cons of online submission
• Pros
• Access to larger samples
• Cost effective
• Relatively quick
• Easy link to other information
• Cons
• Excludes certain groups – access and age
• Technical issues – e.g. firewall
• Limits on types of evidence
Evidence submission • Children’s submissions
– Survey responses
– Demographic questions
– Open long answer
questions
– Visual evidence via
• Pilot Phase
– Secondary and Primary
Schools in West Yorks
– After Easter
• Submissions from
early June to October
• Adults submissions
– Survey responses
– ‘professional questions’
– Open long answer
questions
– Visual evidence??
• Pilot Phase
– Teachers, Social
Workers and LA
– After Easter
Link to online forms
• Children’s submissions
– https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp
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243gRlXB5HZ9ur1p_aXRQG2qII6gt63Nf
gLP7SOog/viewform
Sample pages
Thanks for listening
Any Questions?
HSRU is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The author accepts full responsibility for this talk.
Health Services Research UnitUniversity of Aberdeen
Child Food Insecurity in the UK: evidence of its extent, nature
and effects on health and what can be done to address it.
A rapid review.
Miriam Brazzelli
Rapid Review
Child food insecurity
in the UK
Food Foundation via the NIHR Public Health Research
Programme
HSRUUniversity of Aberdeen
Background to the proposed rapid review
• The reported increase in child food insecurity poses a threat to public health in both the short and long term.
• Just under 1 in 4 people (nearly 13 million people) live in poverty, in the UK. This includes 1 in 3 children (almost 4 million).
Main objective of the rapid review
• Rapid review to determine the nature, extent, and consequences of food insecurity affecting children (<18 years old) in the UK.
Inclusion criteria: population/participants
• Children (0 to 18 years old) from any ethnicity or gender living in main high-income countries.
• Geographical setting: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Russian Federation, Canada, United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
5 research questionsto address
Specific objectives
1. To determine the nature and causes of child food insecurity in the UK.
2. To determine incidence, prevalence, and costs of child food insecurity in the UK.
3. To explore the impact of food insecurity on children’s health in terms of physical, mental and social well-being.
4. To assess interventions which aim at eliminating, reducing or mitigating the effects of child food insecurity (e.g., school breakfast and/or lunch clubs, soup kitchens; food vouchers).
5. To assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions designed to tackle child food insecurity.
Progress to date
• Research protocol registered in the PROSPERO database
• Literature searches have been developed and run
• Relevant sources of evidence have been selected
• Data extraction and data synthesis - ongoing
Abstracts/titles identified through database
searches
n=4660
Potentially relevant full text articles assessed for
eligibility
n=757
Full text articles selected as priority for screening
n=221
Unclear whether relevant outcomes were
reported/no abstract availablen=536
Full text articles selected as priority for screening
n=221
Full text articles unclearn=72
Full text articles included
n=38Observational: n=29 (UK=3)Qualitative: n=6 (UK=4)Intervention: n=3 (UK=0)
Full text articles excluded:n=111No relevant outcomes: n=49Household FI only: n=25FI not assessed/ineligible: n=20Ineligible participants: n=9Ineligible country: n=8
Research Question Anticipated no of relevant studies
RQ1 Nature and causes 25
RQ2 Incidence/prevalence 2
RQ3 Impact on health 22
RQ4 Evaluation of Interventions 7
RQ5 Economic evaluations 0
What is the current evidence?
These are preliminary results as the rapid review is currently ongoing
Grey Literature
• Key UK sources
– All-Party Parliament Group on Hunger
– Scottish Government (Independent Working Group on Food Poverty; ‘A Healthier Future’ consultation)
– Trussell Trust
• Key international sources
– UNICEF
– US Department of Agriculture
Current challenges
• Lack of direct assessment of food insecurity in children
• Lack of a ‘gold standard’ for the assessment of food insecurity
• Some food aid programmes not being evaluated in children with food insecurity
Acknowledgements
Funding acknowledgement
This rapid review has been commissioned by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme (project number 17/48/02)
Department of Health and Social Care disclaimer
The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
Thank You